Finally!  We are almost finished with our school year.  Yeah!  It's been a crazy school year.  Although I enjoyed it tremendously, I'm always a little relieved and happy when we can put another year behind us, enjoy the summer and plan for the next year.

I have some really great plans for next year, but I wanted to focus for just a second on this year.  Usually I have a planner/calendar that I keep track of what each of my students has done or I'll use homeschooltracker.com.  However, we since had such an unusual school year, the calendar/planner was not utilized.  So, to put something in writing as to what we accomplished this year, I wrote a report for each child that outlined by subject what we worked on, the original goals and the achievement of those goals.  In addition, I stated our goals for next year and what program we plan on using.  I think this is a great way to summarize all of my students' achievements.  Plus, it gives me a better perspective of what we accomplished, even without established curriculums.

At the end of each school year, I gather all of their completed work, binders, folders, workbooks, etc. and put them in a 12x12x6 box, label the box with my child's name, school year and grade level.  Then I tape it shut and file it away.  Usually I'll take the calendar/planner and place it on top of all the paperwork so that it's the first thing I'll see when I re-open the box.  Instead of adding the planner this year, I'm going to place this Summary Report on top.  What a great way to reflect on what we've done during the school year - even if I review the summary 20 years later!

I hope y'all have a blessed day!

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